"I figured if Allah had wanted us up that early, He wouldn't have invented noon."

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Source : George Alec Effinger (2014). “The Exile Kiss”, p.159, Open Road Media

George Alec Effinger

#Noon Quotes #Wanted Quotes #Ifs Quotes

“It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.”
“Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!”
“I'm not good with bullies and zealots.”
“A successful marriage is made up of two good forgivers.”
“In terms of writing, I think something happens to you, and you think, "Oh I'm going to write about that. That's an emotional event." But obviously, if you keep going, and it's something you do with regularity, you've got to find other ways to write.”
“I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways findtheir Account in the Speculation of the Day.”
“I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation”
“I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.”

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